he saw several stories and our interview was don shipley, a retired navy s.e.a.l. who runs a training camp he has a you tube channel and has access to official s.e.a.l. data base. >> there are fewer than 10,000 of news 70 years that are alive. so there are no shortage of clowns out there stealing that. for profit. to gain respect, or to intimidate people they'll tell you they're seals. >> reporter: berg asked if he was a s.e.a.l. >> no. he was not. >> when you heard those words what is your reaction? >> if he was claiming to be a navy s.e.a.l., and he was distorting what the truth was, what else would he be willing to distort? >> reporter: bookberg took his concerns to the superintendent. >> did he talk about being a navy s.e.a.l.? >> yes. he did. >> confronted with his life, mimms allowed to resign from tech high nochlt mention of the controversy in the local papers. mimms just cited personal reasons. but after many phone conversations, e mails and texts, bruce mimms agreed to do something most phony navy s.e.a.l.s refuse to do. answer questions about why he did i